Pantaloons hanger and stretcher



(No Model.)

0. A. EVANS. PANTALOONS HANGER AND STRETGHER.

No. 457,189. I Patented Aug. 4, 1891',

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE A. EVANS,OF UPLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

PANTALOONS HANGER AND STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,189, dated August4, 1891.

Application filed December 20, 1890. Serial No. 375,291- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CLARENCE A. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upland, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Pantaloons Hangers andStretchers, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a device whereby pantaloons may be hung andstretched, the same being constructed of a block or plate with a throattherein, said throat being adapted to receive the proper portion of thepantaloons and support the same in depending position.

It also consists in forming the walls of the throat in such manner thatcreasing of the pantaloons is prevented.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a pantaloons hanger andstretcher embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents asection thereof online was, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a block or plate of wood, metal,or other suitable material, in the side of which are slots or throats B,which extend in horizontal direc-- tion and produce a series of jaws C,said throats beingopen at their outer ends, so that a proper portion ofa pair of pantaloons may be inserted thereinto, in order that thegarment may be pendent from said jaws.

The operation is as follows: Thelegs of the pantaloons near the bottomthereof are inserted in either of the throats, the pantaloons being ininverted condition. IVhen the garment is let go, it remains suspendedfrom said throat, owing to the holding or retaining action of the jaws Oor walls of said throats, it being noticed that the legs of the garmentform a bight between the, adjacent jaws. As the garment is suspendedorpendent,itis enabled by the weight of its material to stretch itself,and thus remove bagging or'distortion. When the garment is to beremoved, it is simply withdrawn laterally from the throat it occupies,whereby it clears the jaws, and is entirel y disengaged therefrom. Inorder to prevent the jaws from creasing the pantaloons, the walls ofsaid jaws on opposite sides of the relative throat or of thediagonally-opposite portions of adjacent jaws are rounded, as at D, thesame avoiding the presentation of sharp edges to the garment, the effectof which is evident. In the present case I show three parallel throats,in each of which a pair of pantaloons may be entered, and thus suspendedand stretched; but it is evident that the number of throats may beincreased or decreased, as desired.

The block or plate may be provided with one or more eyes for hanging thesame from a hook, &c., in any suitable place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I A garment hanger and stretcher consistingof a block having parallel jaws projecting from one side thereof,forming a horizontal throat, the opposite faces of said jaws beingrounded, substantially as described.

CLARENCE A. EVANS.

